Softball News
Softball Picked Just Fourth In SSC Pre-season Poll
WINTER PARK, Fla. – After finishing tied for second in the Sunshine State Conference softball standings in 2012 and 2013, the Barry Buccaneers are picked to finish just fourth in the 2014 pre-season poll, conducted among the league's coaches. For a second-straight season, the Tampa Spartans were selected to finish atop the standings, while... read more
Covone Dedicates Entire Career to Barry
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Michael L. Covone sat in his office preparing to take a phone call. "I'm not the most important person," Barry University's Director of Athletics said. Always one to deflect credit away from himself to others, Covone has done so much for Buccaneer athletics over the 30-year history of the program. From his soccer read more
Softball Team Lives Barry Mission of Service
MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Dominican tradition of service is one of the core values of a Barry University education and the Buccaneer softball team has long been a shining example of it in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Softball players and teams have won the Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin Service award eight times in the award's 22-year... read more
Softball Schedule More Favorable in 2014
MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Barry University softball team's “long, strange trip” gets broken up a little in 2014, with 22 of the 49 games at Buccaneer Field, including six of the first 13. “Well, the goal is always to schedule more balanced,” head coach Danielle Penner said. “We have great facilities, great fan support... read more
SSC Welcomes Embry-Riddle as New Member
WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference (SSC) has received official acceptance from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to become a provisional member of the conference beginning July 1, 2014. "The Sunshine State Conference is excited that Embry-Riddle has accepted our conference's offer of provisional membership," said SSC... read more
Marines Host Leadership Seminar For Women At Barry University
MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—Barry University's female student-athletes participated in a leadership workshop presented by Captain Nicole Villareal Bastian of the United States Marine Corps. Members from all seven of the Buccaneers women's teams benefitted from the exercise. Bastian, one of the first two dozen women to graduate from The Citadel, the... read more
McDonough Lends 30 Years of Service to Barry Athletics
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – When Sr. Jeanne O'Laughlin asked Dr. Eileen McDonough to serve as Barry University's Faculty Athletics Representative over 31 years ago, the one-time chemistry professor had one question for the school president at the time. “I said, ‘What is that?'” McDonough asked. “Sr. Jeanne never wanted to go... read more
Softball Adds 2014 Early Pair
MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Barry University softball team added two players in the early signing period last week. Lake Region High right-hander and Polkpreps.com Pitcher of the Year Haley Wiseman signed a National Letter of Intent and college softball scholarship with Barry University at Lake Region. “Haley is an outstanding pitcher, one of the... read more
Buccaneers Insider Debuts
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University athletics will air its debut edition of Buccaneers Insider a television show devoted to the school's 12 teams, student-athletes and athletic department. The initial show is scheduled to run Friday. Viewers can watch Buccaneers Insider on the read more
Barry Helps NCAA Division II's Record-Setting Contribution To Make-A-Wish
INDIANAPOLIS — Led by the Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Division II schools across the country raised $517,465 for Make-A-Wish during the 2012-13 school year, besting last year's efforts by almost $50,000 and setting a new Division II fundraising record. Division II 2012-13 Make-A-Wish FoundationTop Fundraisers
